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Compare Viewers</H1>
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The following preferences can be changed on the
Compare Viewers page.</P>
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Option</P>
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Description</P>
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Default</P>
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Synchronize scrolling between panes in compare/merge viewers</P>
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The two comparison or merge viewers will &quot;lock scroll&quot; along with one another in order to keep identical and
corresponding portions of the code in each pane side-by-side.</P>
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Turn this option off if you do not want the compare/merge viewers to lock
scroll.</P>
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On</P>
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Show pseudo conflicts</P>
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Displays pseudo conflicts, which occur when two developers make the same change (e.g., both add
or remove the exact same line of code or comment).&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
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Turn this option on if you want pseudo conflicts to appear in compare browsers.</P>
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Off</P>
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Show ancestor pane initially</P>
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<P CLASS="Para">Sometimes you want to compare two versions of a resource with
the previous version from which they were both derived. This is called their <i>common ancestor</i>,
and it appears in its own comparison pane during a three way compare.</P>
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Turn this option on if you want the ancestor pane to always appear at the start
of a comparison.</P>
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Off</P>
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Text Font</P>
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Click the Change button to change the default font for the compare viewers.</P>
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Courier Regular 10 pt.</P>
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<P>Here is what the
Compare Viewers preference page looks like:
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<P>Related topics:
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<P><a href="ref-25.htm">See Compare Editor</a>
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<P><a href="ref-33.htm">See Synchronization View</a>
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